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WorksheetsBig Data in Public Health Quiz (Team Sapphire)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is WIFIRE Edge?
A tool for monitoring weather patterns in urban areas
A platform that combines sensors, edge computing, and AI to help manage wildfires
A fire prevention system that operates without sensors
A mobile app exclusively for firefighter communication
Who uses the WIFIRE Edge platform?
Urban planners and architects
Frontline wildfire management personnel, including firefighters, fire chiefs, and burn bosses
Meteorologists studying weather conditions
General public for air quality monitoring
How does WIFIRE Edge work?
It provides weather forecasts through satellite imagery only
It collects data through sensors, processes it locally using edge computing, and visualizes
It sends data to a central server for processing and manual analysis
It relies on mobile apps without integrating sensors or AI
What is one way big data helps public health practitioners optimize resource allocation?
By predicting resource needs, like medical supplies and staff, based on data trends
By eliminating all public health challenges entirely
By replacing human decision-making in healthcare
By automating all aspects of patient care without oversight
How does real-time monitoring improve resource management in public health?
By tracking hospital beds, ventilators, and other critical supplies to avoid shortages
By completely automating the hiring process for healthcare staff
By removing the need for on-the-ground decision-making
By predicting weather changes without additional data
What is a common challenge practitioners face when using big data in public health?
Difficulty integrating data from fragmented systems across hospitals and agencies
Lack of available data for most diseases and conditions
Oversimplified dashboards that don’t require analysis
No need for training to interpret the data
Which of the following was the first significant data-driven disease investigation?
Ebola outbreak in 2014
John Snow's cholera map in 1854
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
Zika outbreak in 2015
What is the primary advantage of using real-time dashboards in disease surveillance?
They allow immediate access to outbreak locations
They predict future diseases
They replace epidemiologists
They provide historical data
What percentage of digital health funding in 2024 was focused on AI-driven diagnostics and oncology?
25%
33%
50%
75%
What is the main purpose of AI-driven diagnostics?
To detect diseases more accurately
To replace doctors
To reduce hospital wait times
To manufacture medical devices
What tool is widely used for creating deep learning models, including those for medical imaging and diagnostics?
NumPy
TensorFlow
Pandas
Matplotlib
Match the 4 "V"s of Big Data with the correct definitions.
Volume
Amount of data generated
Velocity
Speed of data generation and processing
Variety
Different sources and types of data
Veracity
Quality and trustworthiness of data
In the presented materials, which of the following are discussed as challenges of big data in public health? Select all that apply.
compliance with legislation and regulations
potential lack of user expertise
unclear data governance
high cost of data storage and transmission
obtaining informed consent
Match the 4 types of data analytics with their definitions.
Descriptive
Understanding historical trends
Predictive
Forecasting the future
Prescriptive
Unearthing new strategies
Discovery
Determining what to explore next
What is a key challenge when using Big Data in disease surveillance?
Too much data to process
Instant data collection
Predicting disease outbreaks
Data visualization
